Gallipoli Evacuation – 1915

Gallipoli Evacuation

December 20, 1915 – After eight months of failure and disappointment, Australian and New Zealand forces abandon the Anzac sector for good.

The evacuation is a triumph of careful planning – the Anzacs depart with barely a casualty. The British hold on at Cape Helles in the south of the peninsula until January 1916, until they too pack up and leave. The Gallipoli fiasco is over.